Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Outer Gods - Ascend Unto The Seventh Throne (2015)

Comment:
this issue consists of two lengthy compositions at which drone music, doom
metal, and ambient are three whales the Atlanta, Georgia, US-based combo used
to draw on. Although those sounds represented over there are frequently austere
and bleak ones with little changes the result is highly emotive and galvanizing.
Guitar based drones are densely interwoven with electronic sounds resulting in
thought-provoking outputs. For instance, there are up some snippets where
gloomy yet picturesque church bells and ambiances create sensations of
impending doom. It is intriguing to hear how the layers of the issue are interconnected
with one another and used to minimally change throughout these two lengthy courses
– at times with immense even squelchy gravitational power, at times decelerated
to a more minimal extent. All of that seems to be highly convincing at its
uncompromising hustling. Stylistically it is puzzling to discern is it either metal-related music or drone/ambient oriented experimentations. At least, it does not make sense. Consequently it can be said it is one of the best
issues in 2015 so far.